In The Headlines Do Hedge Funds Face a Slow and Painful Death? “It’s miserable, miserable,” Howard Fischer, the 57-year-old manager of $1.1 billion Basso Capital Management says of hedge fund returns over the past few years. “If that’s the normal expectation, I don’t have a business.” Fischer’s lament and ones like [...]

In The Headlines Dairy Farmers Innovate to End the Glut of Milk Farmers in the U.S. are pouring out tens of millions of gallons of excess milk, amid a massive glut that has slashed prices and has filled warehouses with cheese. More than 43 million gallons of milk were dumped in [...]

In The Headlines Russia’s Farming Renaissance Challenges American Growers Almost 25 years after watching the Dawn of Communism collective farm where he grew up land in the dustbin of history, Andrey Burdin is helping turn Russia into something the communists never could: a grain-export powerhouse. Over the last few years, Burdin [...]

In The Headlines Adidas Uses Focus, Speed, and Celebrities to Drive a Comeback When Angelique Kerber won the U.S. Open in September to bring the women’s tennis title to Germany, she was decked out head-to-toe in gear by Adidas. NFL wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins kicked off the Houston Texans season wearing [...]